CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 11, 2026--
Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA), North Carolina’s largest law firm, has signed a lease for new office space in Atlanta, establishing the firm’s first dedicated physical office outside the Carolinas.
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The firm has had attorneys working from the Atlanta area for several years and establishing a brick-and-mortar office there is a natural next step to support them and the firm’s growing client base in the region. The new office underscores the firm’s commitment to serving clients and attracting top talent in the Southeast as it continues to advance its strategic plan to strengthen core practices.
“Opening a dedicated office in Atlanta reflects an important step in Moore & Van Allen’s continued expansion into key markets,” said firm Chair and Managing Partner Thomas L. Mitchell. “We have spent 75 years building a strong foundation in the Carolinas and have grown to more than 400 attorneys in the past 10 years. Atlanta’s dynamic business community makes it an ideal location to expand both our client base and lateral talent. This is an exciting time of strategic growth for the firm.”
The firm’s new lease with Granite Properties is for Class AA office space at 3630 Peachtree in Buckhead, with room to accommodate future growth. MVA expects to move into the space on or before April 1, 2026.
“Serving clients in the Atlanta market for years has enabled me to see firsthand the tremendous demand for high-caliber legal counsel in this city,” added MVA Atlanta partner Brett Moskowitz, who joined MVA two years ago and co-leads the firm’s Entertainment Finance practice. “Our new space in Buckhead further reinforces our long-term commitment to this market. We plan to grow our presence here and become a significant part of the Atlanta legal and business community.”
Moskowitz, who will be joined by several other attorneys in the new office, advises financial institutions and investors on matters including music catalog finance, record label finance, music fund finance, and television, motion picture, and sports finance.
The firm anticipates continued growth of its Atlanta team in the coming months.
About Moore & Van Allen
In 1950, Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA)’s founding partners were the first to establish a law firm office in Uptown Charlotte to be closer to the business community. Now 75 years later, MVA is the largest law firm in North Carolina and one of the most prominent law firms in the Southeast. It is an Am Law 200 firm comprised of 400+ attorneys and professionals with wide-ranging backgrounds and experience serving clients in 90+ areas. Its foundational financial services practice remains a core practice in addition to MVA’s award-winning corporate, private equity and investments, litigation, intellectual property, bankruptcy, and commercial real estate capabilities. Over time, the firm has expanded its practices in response to the needs of clients and the community, including trust and estate planning, zoning and land use, economic development, white-collar defense, financial regulatory, and human trafficking prevention and compliance.
Moore & Van Allen, Atlanta Office
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Taylor Frankie Paul, a reality TV star from “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” and the father of her 2-year-old son appeared in a Utah courtroom Thursday afternoon to present dueling petitions for protective orders against each other in a case that could determine who gets custody of their child.
Both Paul and her former partner, Dakota Mortensen, have asked a Utah court to turn short-term protective orders into long-term arrangements as the two have accused each other of domestic violence. Both of their families were also in the courtroom, but no other cast members from the Hulu reality show were present.
The hearing started with Mortensen's attorney Brent Salazar-Hall reviewing for Third District Court Commissioner Russell Minas the evidence submitted in the case, including recordings of fights the couple has had in the past.
Minas said at an April 7 hearing that he had “concerns going both ways” about the competing allegations. For now, Paul cannot spend unsupervised time with her son because of a history of volatile behavior directed at Mortensen while kids were present, Minas ruled at that hearing.
Paul and Mortensen, whose tumultuous relationship was featured heavily on the show, had been ordered to stay at least 100 feet (30 meters) away from each other before Thursday's hearing.
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Eleven fights between the exes were under examination in their protective order requests. A recently leaked video of one fight from 2023 prompted ABC to make the unprecedented move last month of shelving an already-filmed season of “The Bachelorette” starring Paul. Hulu also paused production of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” and resumed filming last week.
In the video, Paul appeared to punch, kick and throw chairs at Mortensen while her daughter watched and cried. Paul was charged with aggravated assault and other offenses, including domestic violence in the presence of a child. The police body camera footage of her arrest was featured in the first season of the Hulu series.
Paul pleaded guilty to an assault charge, which will be reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor if she stays out of legal trouble for a three-year probationary period that ends in August. The other counts were dismissed.
Earlier this month, the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office declined to file new charges against Paul in recent fights with Mortensen. Any new charges would have violated Paul's probation from the 2023 assault.
The lack of prosecution could help Paul and her attorneys make her case to the court commissioner as she fights to regain custody of her son.
A protective order in Utah can restrict or eliminate a parent’s ability to see their child. When one parent receives a protective order against the other, a court commissioner may also decide it is in the child's best interest give that parent custody. If both parents have protective orders against each other, the court relies heavily on the recommendations of an attorney appointed to investigate the child's best interests.
Paul and Mortensen's son, Ever, had a court-appointed attorney present at Thursday’s hearing to help the commissioner determine the safest arrangement for the boy.
The lawyer, Michael McDonald, said on April 7 that he had concerns about Paul’s tendency to fight with Mortensen in front of their son.
Eric Swinyard, a lawyer for Paul, has argued that Mortensen is the aggressor in the relationship. He showed photos in court of Paul's bruises after a fight in a truck in which Paul alleges Mortensen slammed her head into the dashboard.
Daniela Diaz, a lawyer for Mortensen, has described other altercations between the pair and argued that Paul uses their son “as a pawn to start fights.”
FILE - Taylor Frankie Paul appears at the Oscars in Los Angeles on March 15, 2026. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
